Loved It

Bookeyes

I saw the trailer for Melinda and Melinda and thought..."pass." Woody does WASP angst. Like I said..."pass." Luckily, I had a chance to go to a screening and loved the movie. I loved the premise, two sides of the same story. This film needs to be watched without trying to second guess, or think clever thoughts or compare it to other Allen films, or fiddle with your cell phone and flash the light into other people's eyes. I liked this film. I liked the detail that gave us insight into each character ie their homes, or an off hand comment. I liked watching the character's lives unfold. I thought a lot about the film the next day. No conclusions, just rolling the scenes and insights around in my head. I had a good time watching this fil unfold. I probably will go to see it again. The trailer gave us a bunch of dangling one liners. It missed the boat. I'm glad I got to see it before any buzz.

score 9/10

Bookeyes 9 March 2005

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